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Irwin Mitchell LLP, thanks to its ‘size and expertise, is able to give accurate advice even in the most complicated of cases’. The firm was the first to successfully resolve one of the ‘toxic sofa’ cases, and settled a mesothelioma case for £1.5m. Stuart Henderson’s seven-partner team delivers a service that clients can ‘rely on every time’.

Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP’s Rankeshwar Batta recently settled a £1.95m head injury claim, and gained a £1m settlement in an employer’s liability claim arising out of the claimant’s loss of a hand. The firm was awarded a personal injury legal aid contract.

Russell Jones & Walker led over 200 other firms in a group litigation order lawsuit, acting for 90% of the claimants involved in the Linkwise sofa litigation and achieving a £20m settlement scheme: the largest-ever consumer product liability order. Richard Langton ‘really knows his stuff’.

Preeminent union firm Thompsons Solicitors LLP succeeded in achieving an out of court settlement for all 79 claimants involved in the Powertrain Group litigation, the largest known outbreak of occupational lung disease. Peter Mulhern leads the team.

Challinors Solicitors’ Andrew Bowen, who is ‘conscientious, with good judgment and attention to detail’, focuses on employer’s and public liability, as well as high-value road traffic accident claims.

Industry experts recommend FBC Manby Bowdler LLP as being ‘particularly thorough and experienced in higher-value claims’. Susan Todhunter offers a ‘high level of professionalism, astuteness and considerable ability, while being approachable and compassionate’. The team is noted for its expertise in brain injury cases.

Higgs & Sons covers the full range of personal injury work. Ian Shovlin is singled out for his expertise in high-value catastrophic injury cases, while Andy Shaw is noted for dealing with industrial disease cases.

Knights solicitors llp’s Richard Harris settled a transfemoral amputation claim for over £1.2m, while Justin Deacon and Cathy Court are handling a RTA claim worth over £2m. Andrew Davidson heads the team.

Over 2009 and 2010, Neil Lorimer’s team at Lanyon Bowdler settled 24 claims arising out of the Grenoble coach crash, and recently achieved a £1.43m award for a client: one of the highest awards for a single lower-limb amputation.

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